CVE-2012-4751 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.8% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) Help Desk 2.4.x before 2.4.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.17, and 3.1.x before 3.1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message body with whitespace before a javascript: URL in the SRC attribute of an element, as demonstrated by an IFRAME element.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.79% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| otrs | otrs |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OTRS 3.1 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting | 2012-10-18 |
| exploit-db | OTRS Open Technology Real Services 3.1.8/3.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting | 2012-08-31 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00036.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117504/OTRS-3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603276
- http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56093
- http://znuny.com/assets/proof_of_concept_cve_2012-4751-znuny.py
- http://znuny.com/en/#%21/advisory/ZSA-2012-03
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00036.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117504/OTRS-3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/603276
- http://www.otrs.com/en/open-source/community-news/security-advisories/security-advisory-2012-03/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56093
- http://znuny.com/assets/proof_of_concept_cve_2012-4751-znuny.py
- http://znuny.com/en/#%21/advisory/ZSA-2012-03
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